On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (SHNS) - Massachusetts students made little progress on this year's statewide MCAS exams, with reading and writing ...

METHUEN — MCAS scores in the city’s schools improved in most categories last year, including large gains in passing the crucial 10th grade test required for graduation. The percentage of Methuen ...

Massachusetts students made little progress on this year's statewide MCAS exams, with reading and writing performance declining and raising questions about how schools and policymakers should respond.

Approximately 3,000 more 10th-grade students failed the MCAS exam in 2024 than in the year prior — a notable uptick sure to come under scrutiny as the fate of the standardized test as a high school ...

The percentage of 10th graders in the Cape and Islands public school districts who met or exceeded expectations on the 2024 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System tests was slightly below the ...

REPORTER: STATE EDUCATION OFFICIALS POINTING TO THOSE RESULTS AND SAYING THAT THAT IS THE RESULT OF A LOSOFS LEARNING , BUT STILL MANY PARENTS ARE PUSHING FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO REINSTATE AND ...

Massachusetts students’ English language arts scores declined in 2026, while eighth-grade math showed the strongest improvement in newly released MCAS results.